GACE Exam Questions & Answers 2026 (11–20)

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of an ordered pair?

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(2,9). An ordered pair is defined as a set of coordinates shown as two numbers inside parentheses.

Question 2

Which strategy is the most helpful in having students ask questions after reading?

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Encourage students to talk with partners when they have finished a shared text.. When students talk with each other about a book they have both read, they often naturally begin asking each other questions about the book. This enhances comprehension and also allows them to enjoy the social dimension of literacy.

Question 3

The word embrace has a few different meanings and can be used as a noun or a verb. What does it mean in this segment of the attached passage and is it used as a noun or a verb? “A purpose that is large enough to embrace the wellbeing of the planet and all of its inhabitants.”

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Verb: to support willingly. The word to before the word embrace is a context clue indicating that the word is a verb. No one can hug the wellbeing of the planet and comprehend does not make sense in this sentence.

Question 4

Text features, such as bold-faced and capitalized words, are important in directions because ________.

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They indicate essential words and phrases in the set of directions. Text features highlight important words and phrases in a set of directions. When words are in bold-faced lettering or in all capital letters, the reader should take note because those words or phrases are probably important in the steps they are following. These features do not add to the engagement factor, make the steps easier to follow, or indicate any knowledge about the writer.

Question 5

Which of the following is a vowel?

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A. Only five of our letters are vowels, which are the letters a, e, i, o, and u.

Question 6

Highlighting, underlining, and using post-it notes while reading are examples of ________.

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Active reading strategies. Highlighting, underlining, and using post-it notes while reading are examples of active reading strategies. By actively engaging with the text, the reader is more focused and has a higher chance of fully comprehending the directions being read.

Question 7

From the following, choose the best title for this passage.

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Cheese. Chocolate, Nepal, and Switzerland are talked about, but not in a way that signifies emphasis and are not the best choices. Cheese is emphasized and is the best choice for a title.

Question 8

Which of the following does this author believe a mature writer does when it comes to being original and truly imaginative?

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A mature writer develops a strong capacity to recognize and reject the false. Choices A, B and D are incorrect as they are not the quote explaining what a mature writer does concerning imagination.

Choice C is correct as it is the exact quote from the author.

Question 9

The Black Death, or, as it has been known, the Oriental plague, the bubonic plague, or in England, simply the plague, and in Italy, "la mortalega" (the great mortality) derived its name from the Orient; its inflammatory boils, tumors of the glands, and black spots, indicative of putrid decomposition, were such as have been seen in no other febrile disease. All the symptoms were not found in every case, and in many cases one symptom alone preceded death. Although afflicted with all the manifestations of the plague, some patients recovered.

According to Hecker the symptoms of cephalic affliction were seen; many patients were stupefied and fell into a deep sleep, or became speechless from palsy of the tongue, while others remained sleepless and without rest. The fauces and tongue were black and as if suffused with blood; no beverage could assuage the burning thirst, so that suffering continued without alleviation until death, which many in their despair accelerated with their own hands. Contagion was evident, for attendants caught the disease from their parents and friends, and many houses were emptied of their inhabitants.

The passage suggests that the Black Death was hard to detect because:

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not all patients exhibited all or similar symptoms.. Option B: The passage explains the difficulties in diagnosis because "all of the symptoms were not found in every case."

Option C: The Plague was very contagious but this did not make it hard to detect.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is the best example of a simile?

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The siblings fought like cats and dogs.. Similes are comparisons of seemingly unlike things using comparatives such as like or as. The other answer options are examples of a metaphor (The black bicycle seat was a sizzling hot iron after sitting in the sun all day.), an idiom (The early bird gets the worm.), and personification (The hyena laughed.).

GACE Exam Questions & Answers 2026 (11–20)

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